Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists 2018

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Applications are ongoing for The IWMF’s Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists, This offer supports the production of ambitious projects and under-reported, globally important stories. For the next nine years, the IWMF will make an annual total of $230,000 worth of grants to support women journalists in their projects and endeavours. The fund is not limited in either the grant dollar amount or the number of grants awarded within the annual total.

ABOUT IWMF FUNDS

The Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists, the first funding initiative of its kind, enables the IWMF to dramatically expand its support of women journalists. Established with a $4 million gift from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the Fund will support projects including educational opportunities, investigative reporting and media development initiatives.

Funding rounds will open for applications two times each year; applications take approximately 6 to 8 weeks to process. Applicants may apply for concurrently for Reporting Grants for Women’s Stories and the Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists.

The fund was designed to help women journalists by providing grantees support to: